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New Beginning For Irish SkydivingPosted Sunday, September 17, 2000 By David Byrnes The Irish Nationals were held at the Wild Geese Skydiving Centre in Northern Ireland the weekend of the 9/10th of September. It was the first time that clubs from the North and South of Ireland joined together to have the "ALL Ireland Nationals".
It was decided by the Parachute Association of Ireland to go ahead with the proposal from the WGSC to host the Irish Nationals 2000 up north. In the last 18 months skydiving centres in Ireland have joined together to have "All Ireland Boogies". We are trying to do our part in the hope of promoting peace in Northern Ireland.
The Wild Geese Staff were very friendly and helpful. The centre itself has excellent facilities including a brand new Cessna Caravan, which was used to haul the 4-way teams to 10,500ft AGL. A Cessna 206 was used for the Accuracy event. There were professional judges on hand to score competitors best efforts.
Saturday proved to be the better day for weather so there was no time wasting in getting the competition underway. The Accuracy event was the first to begin, as cloud base for the early morning was 4,000ft AGL. There were three categories in this event, Novice, Junior and Senior. The Wild Geese had jumpers in the air at all times and this event completed at around 4pm. Congrats to the winners of each category.
The 4-way event started a couple of hours after the Accuracy. Cloud base lifted and the warm sunshine dissolved the clouds to allow for blue skies to spread through the skies of Northern Ireland. This event had 2 categories, Junior and Senior. It was planned to have 6 rounds of competition in both categories. Competitors and staff worked close together to keep everything running smooth. In the end the weather decided that the 4-way event would end after 5 rounds. Teams posted respectable scores and everybody had a great time.
In the end team IPC Vision posted a 7.6 average and will go on to represent Ireland at the World Air Games in Spain 2001.
Many thanks to the Wild Geese for being very professional.
Team IPC Vision would also like to say a HUGH Thank You to the Irish Parachute Club for their continued support since the beginning. Also the Parachute Association of Ireland, Sunpath Products and Performance Designs. We'll do our best at the World Meet and represent us all well.
One final big THANKS to the Spanish National 4-way Team for their expertise and patience on our training camp in Empuriabrava, You guys are second to none.
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